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The painting of a young woman breastfeeding an old man in a prison cell was sold for Euros 30 million. The story behind is heart-touching & inspiring.
The man was sentenced to “death by starvation” for thieving a loaf of bread during the reign of Louis XIV in France. The woman was his only daughter and the only visitor to his cell. She was allowed to visit him daily but was searched thoroughly such that no food was taken in.
When after 4 months the man still lived on with no weight loss, the authorities were perplexed and started spying on her and to their utter astonishment found her to breastfeed her father to the fullest sharing her baby’s milk.
A case was initially filed against her but realizing the love & compassion of a daughter towards her father softened the judge’s heart and eventually, they decided to pardon the father and release him free.
There’s not too many stories or legends with breastfeeding in it. Other than Rumina feeding Romulus and Remus who washed up on the Tiber, I can’t think of any others. That’s a nice story of salavation.
Fun fact, the Roman Charity story was also the inspiration for the ending of the book Grapes of Wrath!
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